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THE INK #2
edited by Aaron Burgess
($7.00 US/world from Aaron Burgess / FlatFly Media / PO Box 193 / Kings Meadows, Tasmania 7249 / AUSTRALIA.
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Reviewed by Rick BradfordThe Ink is a music-themed anthology which is a fine idea, and I'm always keen on reading anthologies from outside of the US. Unfortunately, there aren't too many pieces in here that really knock my socks off. (However, I've been reading
Kramers Ergot lately so perhaps there's a bit of unfair subliminal comparison going on.) The pieces that do stand out, for various reasons, include: Ian C. Thomas' "Riffin' to Oblivion", which is a fairly well-drawn (and lettered) soap about a band trying to perfect its sound; Tonia Walden's "The Girl and the Nightingale", a cautionary tale about getting what you wish for; Bobby Nenadovic's "Isolation Room" (nothing really happens but I like the look of it a lot); David Blumenstein's "Wanky Solo", which I'd seen before but it's still funny; Jase's Biffo the clown bit (nicely drawn); Dave Hodson's "The Book of Joe", the crazy misadventures of a band (I like that he's clearly comfortable in his hand-drawn cartoon element); and the one that really doesn't seem to fit, but in a good way, Daniel McKeown and Jeremy MacPherson's "Uncredited Musicians", a short humorous bit about musicians lost in the technological onslaught. There's plenty more work in the issue, too, by Bernard Caleo, Doug Holgate, Edward J. Grug III, Ryan Vella and others.
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